I just watched this for the first time ever and I could'nt hold back a tear... Twenty-two years later, these images are still overwhelming! Thank you very much for placing them here!
communisms only contribution to history: Shit, shit and more shit. That day a shit was flushed out in the toilet, and 28 years waisted on looking at it, instead of doing and seeing something good. Communism is the biggest crime in world history.
i remember this day from US as it was a momentous day that shall live on in the hearts of my ppl... even though i live far away, the blood of these ppl runs through my veins...
@Zombiepull Zu dem Zeitpunkt war der Schiessbefehl noch nicht aufgehoben das war erst am Sonntag abend der Fall und es gab ja die "Bausoldaten" in der "ddr"
@CA1965 Mao killed 80mill, way more than stalin. im not advocating stalin, stalin executed my great grand father and put my grandfather life in prison for being christian. i know what im talking about.
Das war schön....ich habe Tränen in den Augen! Vielen danke!! Thanks very much for that, it was beautiful, i'm so glad I got to visit Berlin, my hotel was in East Berlin so I saw the old communist apartment blocks, but the two parts seem very integrated now, which is a heart warming sight.
All diese Jahre später und ich immer noch emotional werden zu sehen, dass schreckliche Mauer herab. Gott segne und langes Leben in Deutschland und Preußen.
the berliner wall was the worst thing happened any man from this world...who lived in red block of SSSR know what i want to say...no comment...someone from romania after ceausescu
No one got punished harder than Hungary after the world wars. The Treaty of Trianon reduced Hungarys population from 20.8 million to 7 million, and its land area reduced by 72%. Add to this the loss of up to 90% of vast natural resources, industry, railways, and other infrastructure. Ethnic Hungarians live under harsh persecution in the new states created by the treaty even today. Millions of Hungarians became minorities in their own motherland, where their ancestors lived over 1000 years.
Even though it doesnt look like this all the time. Most of us will never forget what you did to our country. I know the fall of the wall wasnt only a result of American politics, but we are grateful for all you have done to us even after we caused a disasterful war for all mankind.
American soldiers were loved in West Germany because most of them were good people !
I cant blame Russia, France or Britain for their actions thought. They suffered greatly during the war.
An alle Westdeutschen (Wessis) die immer noch die Mauer wieder aufbauen wollen:
Wie könnt ihr nur so ignorant sein und unseren Ostdeutschen Brüdern die Schuld für die miserable Wirtschaftsitutation geben, in der sich die DDR befand als sie aufgelöst wurde. Die Wiedervereinigung war einer der größten Momente in der Geschichte Deutschlands und der Welt.
Ich zahl meinen Soli auch gerne noch weitere 20 Jahre, dafür das die Wunden sich langsam schließen.
Ein hervorragendes Zeitdokument dieses unglaublichen Morgens, als in Berlin am Potsdamer Platz tatsächlich die Mauer fiel. Danke für diese Veröffentlichung!
I was born exactly a year after this was filmed yet it still gave me chills... but napoleonicstrike is completely right, albeit undertanding what is being said doen't hurt either ; )
i will never forget it. i was 18 years old, and in college, and all the students (USA) were watching on televisions, all over the campus, in rooms, at the student union building, in class. it was magical. myself & many other students had tears in our eyes.
we were so happy, it was a remarkable moment, so if we were so happy, i can only imagine how happy the germans were to have the freedom to move through their country again as the concrete scar died
@USCFlash here here my friend...im 23 (born in 1988) and i watch archive videos and stories from germans who were their when it was built and taken down.and watching videos even brings tears to my eyes to see germany re unified...it ruly was a great moment in history...and something i will never forget...even though i was 1 years old...but looking into videos lol...truly amazing...and never to be forgotten or repeated
@ficaficarix as a Toronto Canadian....i was born in 1988 and when i watch this in todays world....im so happy for Germany....congrats,u guys WERE Nazis...but were still human,and u had a duty forced by a totalitarian government
I think its kinda sad my generation will never understand the anxiety and joy this day had and what the fall of this wall meant to the world at the time.
Herzlichen Glückwunsch, meine Großmutter und mein Großvater. Sie kämpften, gingen sie ins Gefängnis zu diesem, und heute hat Deutschland ist besser, weil du es getan hast.
Heute feiern wir Sie.
Congratulations, my grandmother and my grandfather. You fought for this, you went to prison for this, and today Germany is better because you did it.
Sorry wenn ich das schreib. Aber ich verstehe das alles nicht. Bin erst 15 Jahre und ich versteh nicht, warum die Mauer gebaut wurde. Wer woltle die Mauer ? Und wer wollte die Mauer zerstören ? Die Polizei oder die Einwohner ? Sorry wenn ich keine Ahnung habe vom Geschichte, aber das finde ich ziemilch spannend, da ich mitbekommen habe dass heute 20 Jahre Mauerfall sind.
I was there that night with a friend. Media had announced they'd cut a hole in the wall for a new border crossing that night, we decided we wanted to watch. We arrived maybe 11 pm, it was already crowded but nothing much happened. After an hour or so waiting in the crowd we decided to leave because we were freezing to death. Probably a good idea because we'd have waited another 5 hours according to the time stamp in the video. I had no video camera then so no footage, sorry. :)
I was there the in the same night with a friend. The media had announced that they would open a border crossing that night. We decided we wanted to watch the wall being cut open and we arrived maybe 11 pm. It was crowded then but nothing much happened. After waiting for maybe an hour in the crowd we decided to leave cause we were freezing to death. Probably a good thing, we would have had to wait for 5 hours according to the time stamp in the video. I had no video camera then so no footage. :)
It's difficult beacause I just get some words or phrases but they're talking about the future. They discuss if they can live in the DDR anymore and how to solve the problems of distance. The one said that the seven years has build this wall of distance and that they have to come toghether again. And one of the men there said "Our DDR ought to stay our DDR" sry for the bad english :D so more you just can't understand. Lg Alex
The relevant bit about the discussion is that it is taking place at all. Before Nov 9 1989 it would have been unthinkable to have a private discussion with an East German border guard on duty. After Nov 9 their attitude changed completely.
The Iron Curtain and the Berlin Wall fell as a result of the 10-year long struggle by the Poles. John Paul II, Lech Walesa, Solidarity. It all started with the visit of JPII in Poland in June of 1979. August 1980 brought about Lech Walesa and the Solidarity movement. Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, Mikhail Gorbachev. The actual unfolding of events of 1989 started with the "round table" discussions and agreements in June 1989 between democratic forces in Poland and the communist regime.
That grafitti should show, that the wall was a follow up direct result of the "third reich" if you take a closer look you can see the borderline of germany in that time from 1933 ro 45
The Great Wall of China is way different then the Berlin wall though. The Great Wall was built to help protect the people of China, the Berlin wall was to keep people seperated from eachother.
I've been there that night (until now my only night in Berlin). What would you call easy? It took several hours from the first worker appearing on the wall to cut out a part of the "crown" of the wall (a kind of concrete tube) until they've been able to lift up the first concrete element of the wall. For me that time it didn't look easy, they've torn it for some minutes until it came free...
A wonderful moment. One chapter ended in German history, and another began. My German's not very good, but I would love to understand the conversation between the civilian and the DDR border guard at 5:25
the civilian asks him if they (the DDR guards and politians and so on..)will go on like they did before with the old order
and the guard answers they will establish a new order,
and that there were many causes and a lot of years that induced to this wall.He also says they will try to get rid of evrything that lies between the two states(it hasn´t yet been decided at that day that we will be 1 State again)
OK further statements according to what the "Germans" might have done or who the might be would not be published here i don´t put the video on tube just to see that kind of dog fight.
ich war erst 7 jahre alt aber ich weis noch ganz genau wie eine wahnsins stimmung in der luft hing..wie meine elten hastig losrannten und meinten wir können unsere freudne wiedersehen .. toll
What did we Germans learn? The will of the German people is unstopable! The Germans win the cold war. Not the USA, not GB, not the French, not the Russians. Thats it! The German want it, the German did it. We dont have to ask anybody.
Really? What about nations today who are still being barbaric in some way? I could name a few but I won't because I wouldn't stoop to that level. Germany is anything but barbaric today - I think someone's getting his facts a bit wrong. BTW, I'm not German.
What an ignorant comment.. of course you people always forget we were the ones that stood up for Europe, we were the ones that took charge. The problem with Europeans is they all think they are better then the rest of the world.
Fucking imbecile. Idle disposistions don't get shit done.
east and west germany was separated due to economical interest and "communism" The Regan and pre Bush sr administration busted ass to make this happen,
oh, the myth that Reagan made this happen! I'm sorry to break it to you, but this wass was on the verge of coming down with or without Reagan. Reagan DID NOT help to end the Cold War, it was Gorbachev's policies that caused the Soviet Union to crumble, and it was because he basically ignored East Germany that the wall came down.
Reagan maybe didn't cause it directly, but he did influence it. He also challenged Gorbachev to "Tear down this wall". It was, though, mostly Gorbachev.
Russia which was known as USSR built this wall because after WWII Germany was split into two part, East and West Germany. East was communist and West was non communist. So the wall was built to keep U.S. forces from delivering food and water out of West Germany because they did not turn non communist, thanks to The Allies of WWII. So trying to make the West fall to communist, the wall was built, because USSR thought it would make the west fall to communist. But it did not, it stayed free. :)
akiliase, search on YouTube for a video called "ABC News Berlin Wall Falls." It explains everything that led up to the end of the DDR. It's very good and you will like it!
this thing started because of the fact that after the end of the second world war (1945), Europe was divided between 2 superpowers - USA and USSR - and the Central-Eastern Europeans, and the Eastern part of Germany, came under soviet rule, which was an unimaginable disaster for the people in those countries (i'm one of them). They built this wall to stop migration from East Germany to the West, and in 1989, when the final fall of communism came, this wall was torn down, and communism is DEAD!
It's a long story. The fall of the wall is not a thing that just happend. It all began with Mr. Michail Gorbatjov's policitics around 1985 with escalated in central Europe around 1988-1989. If you read or studdy the Cold War in Europe you'll understand why it happened.
It was put up after Germany was divided into four zones after world war II - British, French, US and Soviet. Berlin was also divided into four zones as it was in the heart of the soviet zone. As West Berlin (british, french and us zones) and East Berlin (soviet zone) became more divided due to the difference between capitalism and communism, Khrushchev (leader of the Soviet union from 1956 onwards) decided to put up the Berlin wall in 1961 as a physical symbol of the "Iron Curtain".
I just watched this for the first time ever and I could'nt hold back a tear... Twenty-two years later, these images are still overwhelming! Thank you very much for placing them here!
Toneforge 1 month ago
communisms only contribution to history: Shit, shit and more shit. That day a shit was flushed out in the toilet, and 28 years waisted on looking at it, instead of doing and seeing something good. Communism is the biggest crime in world history.
altfratuben 2 months ago
Check my comments in my channel for information about the Pre-January 8th version of Inception.
jamestargetedindiv 6 months ago in playlist WEST - EAST BERLIN
i remember this day from US as it was a momentous day that shall live on in the hearts of my ppl... even though i live far away, the blood of these ppl runs through my veins...
TheWatchmen001 7 months ago
#link_Memorável, processos históricos.
jaderaugustus 7 months ago
Wish the same for Chinese People!
愿望中国同有这一天!
Wünsche mir, dass es eines Tages auch so Ähnliches im Festland China geben würde.
XXLC1991 8 months ago
Hää habe ich da falsch gehört oder haben da tatssächtlich manche bei 0:37 Buuh gerufen O.o dass kapiere ich jetzt nicht....
Ich dachte alle ware Glücklich darüber das die Mauer endlich wieder verschwindet oder habe ich in der Schule was Missverstanden xP ??? *-*
2005yara 9 months ago
@2005yara weil es denen nicht schnell genug ging mit den Mauerteilen ;)
CA1965 1 month ago
ich will die zeit zurück haben: nicht die mauer, aber den zeitgeist. BACK TO THE 90`s!
Wannseebahn 11 months ago
can we do the same to the wall in israel?
Oblfreak 11 months ago
1:30 is der bauarbeiter bewaffnet? oder is das ein werkzeug?
Zombiepull 1 year ago
@Zombiepull Zu dem Zeitpunkt war der Schiessbefehl noch nicht aufgehoben das war erst am Sonntag abend der Fall und es gab ja die "Bausoldaten" in der "ddr"
CA1965 1 month ago
ich hab ne frage habn diese soldaten die mauer freiwillig geöffnet (wenn ja warum?) oder haben die menschen sie umgeschmissen ö_ö
azu0nyan 1 year ago
@azu0nyan die Mauer wurde dort geöffnet weil da der neue Grenzübergang Potsdamer Platz eingerichtet wurde.
CA1965 1 month ago
sad day. if only it stood up. after what they did in the holocaust and ww2 they diserve it.
Zaharkl 1 year ago
@Zaharkl aha an communism ? let me Kalkulate Stalin alone kills more people than Hitler and Mao and Lenin and Pol pot etc etc etc
CA1965 1 month ago
@CA1965 Mao killed 80mill, way more than stalin. im not advocating stalin, stalin executed my great grand father and put my grandfather life in prison for being christian. i know what im talking about.
Zaharkl 1 month ago
@Zaharkl undestand so why do you support communism then ? just curious
CA1965 1 month ago
@CA1965 I love the idea of it. i am a Democratic Socialist, i just wished they had more freedom, freedom of religion most importantly.
Zaharkl 1 month ago
What I have always wondered is this. The Death Strip on the East, was it not mined?
If so , how did the East Berliners get access up to the wall?
johnblack03 1 year ago
@johnblack03 there NO MINES in Berlin mines were only used at the inner German Boarder undtilk 1985 i think...
CA1965 1 month ago
@johnblack03 well that sound a little bit like a perpeteum mobile ;)
CA1965 1 month ago
Das war schön....ich habe Tränen in den Augen! Vielen danke!! Thanks very much for that, it was beautiful, i'm so glad I got to visit Berlin, my hotel was in East Berlin so I saw the old communist apartment blocks, but the two parts seem very integrated now, which is a heart warming sight.
isawapeach 1 year ago
OMG, T was there, exactly that day!
mKczK 1 year ago
All diese Jahre später und ich immer noch emotional werden zu sehen, dass schreckliche Mauer herab. Gott segne und langes Leben in Deutschland und Preußen.
Kameraden7045 1 year ago
Incredible stuff. You must have been thrilled for having a camera with you at the time
AccordionManiac 1 year ago
@AccordionManiac :-) once in a liftetime at the right place at the right time :-)
CA1965 1 month ago
So ein Mist das dein Video mit wunder geschehen im Hintergrund gesperrt wurde. Es war eines der besten zum Mauerfall.
MZTS2501 1 year ago
@MZTS2501 ja leider ist mal wieder wegen Sony Copyright Unsinn und GEMA shit aberrrrrrr wenn man nen US Proxy nutzt sollte es gehen
CA1965 1 month ago
德國人舉國歡騰為何中國不能?
German can do it . Why not Chinese?
shonnzeiach 1 year ago
in mexico, we need to follow this example: the government doesn't have power over the citizens!!
tavoomalkutaja 1 year ago
Awesome event, I hate that Germany has united under a Capitalist governament thought.
davis44810 1 year ago
Haben Sie dieses Video gefilmt? Oder wer?
skatinanwaitin 1 year ago
@skatinanwaitin Ein guter Freund von mir sag ich mal ;)
CA1965 1 month ago
Schonmal daran gedacht daß alles geplant war?
InvestigateThenJudge 1 year ago
@InvestigateThenJudge aber wohl nicht so wie es gekommen ist ...
CA1965 1 month ago
Why did the wall split neatly into little strips like that? It looks like it wasn't very solid.
youtert 1 year ago
legendaer!!!!
SanctuaryVicarious 1 year ago
the berliner wall was the worst thing happened any man from this world...who lived in red block of SSSR know what i want to say...no comment...someone from romania after ceausescu
make5ive 1 year ago
Vielen Dank für diese tolle Video!
kimbamia 2 years ago
Thank you for the valuable video．this is historical day,forever the world without wall!
TERRY19870427 2 years ago 17
Thank you for the valuable video．this is historical day,forever the world without wall!
TERRY19870427 2 years ago
I was 12 years old in 1989. I remember very well how it was wonderful. from Brazil
nandafra 2 years ago
deutsch größte tag in der geschichte ... wünschte ich könnte gelebt haben damit sie es sehen... :)
shinau123 2 years ago
No one got punished harder than Hungary after the world wars. The Treaty of Trianon reduced Hungarys population from 20.8 million to 7 million, and its land area reduced by 72%. Add to this the loss of up to 90% of vast natural resources, industry, railways, and other infrastructure. Ethnic Hungarians live under harsh persecution in the new states created by the treaty even today. Millions of Hungarians became minorities in their own motherland, where their ancestors lived over 1000 years.
zippa1000 2 years ago
To all Americans:
Even though it doesnt look like this all the time. Most of us will never forget what you did to our country. I know the fall of the wall wasnt only a result of American politics, but we are grateful for all you have done to us even after we caused a disasterful war for all mankind.
American soldiers were loved in West Germany because most of them were good people !
I cant blame Russia, France or Britain for their actions thought. They suffered greatly during the war.
velourz1986 2 years ago
An alle Westdeutschen (Wessis) die immer noch die Mauer wieder aufbauen wollen:
Wie könnt ihr nur so ignorant sein und unseren Ostdeutschen Brüdern die Schuld für die miserable Wirtschaftsitutation geben, in der sich die DDR befand als sie aufgelöst wurde. Die Wiedervereinigung war einer der größten Momente in der Geschichte Deutschlands und der Welt.
Ich zahl meinen Soli auch gerne noch weitere 20 Jahre, dafür das die Wunden sich langsam schließen.
velourz1986 2 years ago
Ein hervorragendes Zeitdokument dieses unglaublichen Morgens, als in Berlin am Potsdamer Platz tatsächlich die Mauer fiel. Danke für diese Veröffentlichung!
jemilu 2 years ago 7
Danke das ist sehr freundlich :-)
CA1965 2 years ago
Der Katzenjammer kam erst später mit Massenarbeitslosigkeit und Hartz IV ,Suppenküche usw.
carinhall1 2 years ago
I was born exactly a year after this was filmed yet it still gave me chills... but napoleonicstrike is completely right, albeit undertanding what is being said doen't hurt either ; )
polotaco 2 years ago
ich war 10 jahre alt und sass vorm fernseher...unglaublig aber wahr!!!!!! endlich freiheit! liberta´! freedom!!!!
BERLIN 1961-1989 DON´t FORGET!
Dakeee79 2 years ago 9
This was a wonderful event in the world.
i will never forget it. i was 18 years old, and in college, and all the students (USA) were watching on televisions, all over the campus, in rooms, at the student union building, in class. it was magical. myself & many other students had tears in our eyes.
we were so happy, it was a remarkable moment, so if we were so happy, i can only imagine how happy the germans were to have the freedom to move through their country again as the concrete scar died
USCFlash 2 years ago 36
@USCFlash here here my friend...im 23 (born in 1988) and i watch archive videos and stories from germans who were their when it was built and taken down.and watching videos even brings tears to my eyes to see germany re unified...it ruly was a great moment in history...and something i will never forget...even though i was 1 years old...but looking into videos lol...truly amazing...and never to be forgotten or repeated
shakysyxx 10 months ago
NO WALL - Just one Berlin.... LOVE IT!
ficaficarix 2 years ago 19
@ficaficarix as a Toronto Canadian....i was born in 1988 and when i watch this in todays world....im so happy for Germany....congrats,u guys WERE Nazis...but were still human,and u had a duty forced by a totalitarian government
shakysyxx 10 months ago
i have a piece of that wall and it has some graffiti on it
prthesuperstar06 2 years ago 2
thank youz
CA1965 2 years ago
I think its kinda sad my generation will never understand the anxiety and joy this day had and what the fall of this wall meant to the world at the time.
napoleonicstrike 2 years ago
I had Frequent Flier Miles and a Passport! I was 19 and my Mom wouldn't let me go to Berlin! One regret of of my life.
cranberry6 2 years ago
"Ende Diese Mauer!"
Der schönste Tag in unser aller Leben.
If you want to see happy German people, here's the place to look. Here, and the following year's world cup :)
This was such a happy time for everyone connected to it.
Ein Volk, endlich, in Frieden.
Finally free.
andrewsurtees 2 years ago
Herzlichen Glückwunsch, meine Großmutter und mein Großvater. Sie kämpften, gingen sie ins Gefängnis zu diesem, und heute hat Deutschland ist besser, weil du es getan hast.
Heute feiern wir Sie.
Congratulations, my grandmother and my grandfather. You fought for this, you went to prison for this, and today Germany is better because you did it.
Today we celebrate you.
andrewsurtees 2 years ago 2
hey i watched this video the other day, and wanted to know if anyone else had heard about this guy yet...its crazy!
/watch?v=WSU6rlEhtto
zrussell7 2 years ago
great video! thanks for sharing :)
golfbravogolf 2 years ago
:-)
CA1965 2 years ago
last words of the video: "and the GDR should still the GDR." a opinion of many people at this time.
leoo48 2 years ago
das war der beste Tag von des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts! Mein Deutsch ist leider nicht so gut - ich bin English!!!
mauriceyap 2 years ago
I got chills when the first piece got pulled down. Very powerful video.
TheOutdoorWarrior 2 years ago
Sorry wenn ich das schreib. Aber ich verstehe das alles nicht. Bin erst 15 Jahre und ich versteh nicht, warum die Mauer gebaut wurde. Wer woltle die Mauer ? Und wer wollte die Mauer zerstören ? Die Polizei oder die Einwohner ? Sorry wenn ich keine Ahnung habe vom Geschichte, aber das finde ich ziemilch spannend, da ich mitbekommen habe dass heute 20 Jahre Mauerfall sind.
Hoffe auf Antworten.
Mfg
chopsoey12 2 years ago
I have a piece of the wall.
Riken 2 years ago
Aber in Spanien kann man sie bewundern! :-) Vielen Dank
Durubugu 2 years ago
bitte gerne
CA1965 2 years ago
Too bad their isn't English subtitles! LoL ;)
ReadmanJ 2 years ago
there is no translation for human happiness!
JerryMopar 2 years ago
well, im german and i almost cant understand it either :D
BasskickerBros 2 years ago
WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW??
77REVOLTFORAFRIKA77 2 years ago
Wow that's really cool great video!
ReadmanJ 2 years ago 2
Ich War Darbei...Berlin Armoured Squadron 14/20H, 1989-1992
BlffaBacon 2 years ago
j'aurais aimer etre a berlin ce soir et feter cet anniversaire avec les allemands....!!!!!
Pankake85 2 years ago
@Pankake85 Je suis content apprécié le temps .
CA1965 2 years ago
Happy Anniversary!
ScotSNP 2 years ago
total geil diese momente
brotpitt 2 years ago
fantastic video!
yordel2 2 years ago
thank you :-)
CA1965 2 years ago
the only wall which exist is in Cyprus Nicosia since the turkish troops invated Cyprus in 1974!!!!
stellkorn 2 years ago
the wall's down?!?
when did this happen
Malmortuus 2 years ago
It was built in 1961 and tored down in 1989.
AntiFacistaction69 2 years ago
I was born in 1989, August 3
pawel1818 2 years ago
ii was born a year before the wall want down
May 26, 1988 ^_^
cr8zgamer 2 years ago
so does the wall have like no freedom writings on it or about hitler being a great leader which he's not so yea...
girlsrgirls1 2 years ago
the writing was about that the wall was also a consequence from WW 2 and Hitler that is the reason for the swastika sign on the wall.
CA1965 2 years ago
Some day all borders will be teared down. All of them are meaningless. Deliverance at hand!
cxon 2 years ago 3
ich freu mich für alle die endlich FREIHEIT/FREEDOM bekommen haben
im so happy for all of you that you became after so many years freedom
vivakoktel 2 years ago
Sehr hublich
Wenn I sage das Video Mein Augen standen voller Tränen
Rimmerist 2 years ago 3
not only the berlin wall has been gone... do you remember?
kilimanjaro51 2 years ago
@kilimanjaro51 what else was falled than?
ruudjuh16 2 years ago
not only the berlin wall has been gone... do you remember
kilimanjaro51 2 years ago
It has been an historical moment!!
sartozzi78 2 years ago 3
I was there that night with a friend. Media had announced they'd cut a hole in the wall for a new border crossing that night, we decided we wanted to watch. We arrived maybe 11 pm, it was already crowded but nothing much happened. After an hour or so waiting in the crowd we decided to leave because we were freezing to death. Probably a good idea because we'd have waited another 5 hours according to the time stamp in the video. I had no video camera then so no footage, sorry. :)
anorak2 2 years ago 4
I was there the in the same night with a friend. The media had announced that they would open a border crossing that night. We decided we wanted to watch the wall being cut open and we arrived maybe 11 pm. It was crowded then but nothing much happened. After waiting for maybe an hour in the crowd we decided to leave cause we were freezing to death. Probably a good thing, we would have had to wait for 5 hours according to the time stamp in the video. I had no video camera then so no footage. :)
anorak2 2 years ago
ZEITGEIST MOVEMENT !!!! now its the WORLD's turn.
break all the "walls" and kck money out.. we dont need it anymore.
pakau 2 years ago
1:05
Schöne Aufnahme! :)
radtkalon 2 years ago
hey can any of you german speakers tell me what the two guys at the end of the film were talking about
bcw324 2 years ago
they discuss political situation, reasons for "the mauer" a.s.o.
killhahenkst 2 years ago
It's difficult beacause I just get some words or phrases but they're talking about the future. They discuss if they can live in the DDR anymore and how to solve the problems of distance. The one said that the seven years has build this wall of distance and that they have to come toghether again. And one of the men there said "Our DDR ought to stay our DDR" sry for the bad english :D so more you just can't understand. Lg Alex
warcraft123freak 2 years ago
The relevant bit about the discussion is that it is taking place at all. Before Nov 9 1989 it would have been unthinkable to have a private discussion with an East German border guard on duty. After Nov 9 their attitude changed completely.
anorak2 2 years ago
The Iron Curtain and the Berlin Wall fell as a result of the 10-year long struggle by the Poles. John Paul II, Lech Walesa, Solidarity. It all started with the visit of JPII in Poland in June of 1979. August 1980 brought about Lech Walesa and the Solidarity movement. Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, Mikhail Gorbachev. The actual unfolding of events of 1989 started with the "round table" discussions and agreements in June 1989 between democratic forces in Poland and the communist regime.
SillyGrandpa 2 years ago
was East Russia and West Germany.
It has graffiti swasticas on the wall WTF!!
brainsbeer5 2 years ago
That grafitti should show, that the wall was a follow up direct result of the "third reich" if you take a closer look you can see the borderline of germany in that time from 1933 ro 45
CA1965 2 years ago
Germany, Im really happy for you and Ill let you finish, but China had one of the greatest walls of all time! One of the greatest walls of all time!
staahl 2 years ago 3
The Great Wall of China is way different then the Berlin wall though. The Great Wall was built to help protect the people of China, the Berlin wall was to keep people seperated from eachother.
JeSuSfReAk5308 2 years ago
germany sucks
Tipptronic86 2 years ago
na dann fahr doch "nach Hause"
CA1965 2 years ago
aber ehrlich!
maia1604 2 years ago
Political and economic isolation.
simonjohnsonbass 2 years ago
i am in love with my germany.
Plexpara 2 years ago 5
This video is showing a unique historical moment in world history. Thank you very much for uploading this video on YouTube.
Is there anyone out there in YouTube land who was there when this momentous occasion took place?
The wall appears to come down easily as it looks like pre-fab concrete. Was it really that easy to tear down?
Does anyone know what actually caused the DDR to collapse?
KleverGirl1 2 years ago 7
Hi Klevergirl1,
I've been there that night (until now my only night in Berlin). What would you call easy? It took several hours from the first worker appearing on the wall to cut out a part of the "crown" of the wall (a kind of concrete tube) until they've been able to lift up the first concrete element of the wall. For me that time it didn't look easy, they've torn it for some minutes until it came free...
HerrDjee 2 years ago
A wonderful moment. One chapter ended in German history, and another began. My German's not very good, but I would love to understand the conversation between the civilian and the DDR border guard at 5:25
mdhookey 2 years ago 9
the civilian asks him if they (the DDR guards and politians and so on..)will go on like they did before with the old order
and the guard answers they will establish a new order,
and that there were many causes and a lot of years that induced to this wall.He also says they will try to get rid of evrything that lies between the two states(it hasn´t yet been decided at that day that we will be 1 State again)
aender1 2 years ago
My English is not that good,but I hope it's understandable.They say:
Man:What order?Which you have become?
BG:No,no,the order that we will build now.
Other M:That man is right.
BG says something, but there is no sound
BG:...and it contributed many years to the existence of that wall.
BG:.. and now we have to look forward
People interrupting: Yes,super,thank you, that was good.
BG:..that we,in a way possible to us,abolish the old things that lie in the way..
P:And the DDR will stay the DDR?
Seraph12345 2 years ago
4:28 is great
CORPSVIDS 2 years ago 2
I loveeee all Europe people, Swiss German and the rest!
Because I am European tooo... :-)
love2ocean 2 years ago
The MOST EPIC moment ever in the history!!!
I love 1:07, where I see a member of the Kriminalpolizei giving a hand to a member of the Grenztruppen der DDR!
HANSMKAMP 2 years ago 5
currious, was this fillmed from what side, east or west?
nextstep333 2 years ago
from the west site but onl until the wall was taken away that morning
CA1965 2 years ago
OK further statements according to what the "Germans" might have done or who the might be would not be published here i don´t put the video on tube just to see that kind of dog fight.
Thank you all for reading that.
CA1965 2 years ago
ich war erst 7 jahre alt aber ich weis noch ganz genau wie eine wahnsins stimmung in der luft hing..wie meine elten hastig losrannten und meinten wir können unsere freudne wiedersehen .. toll
TheoBLN 2 years ago 2
The one lived and tried to be perfect\nthe others are simply than GERMANS born :) ;P
Gustav3254 2 years ago
What did we Germans learn? The will of the German people is unstopable! The Germans win the cold war. Not the USA, not GB, not the French, not the Russians. Thats it! The German want it, the German did it. We dont have to ask anybody.
Iron1871 2 years ago
true, but dont forget about all the other countries that freed themselves from the USSR (Romania, czechoslovakia, etc.)
goldenchocolate 2 years ago 11
That is incredible. You lucky man.
mrfoose 2 years ago
who was the first man in..
eamoman651 2 years ago
Communism officially fails.
Fatal096 2 years ago 3
:-)
CA1965 2 years ago
What dose the info say i'm not so good with Deutch ( i think i spelled it wrong )
JazKW347 2 years ago
Das war Aufregung pur damals...
Keiner wusste, wie die Zukunft aussieht.
Fachbuch 2 years ago
Wow. Were you actually there when they took it down? Gosh, that's insanely cool. (:
ImYourSuperhero01 2 years ago 2
This is one of the most touching moments in history.
spiegelalice 2 years ago 9
true... it was
CA1965 2 years ago
I hope the Germans learned their lesson. Let's let the germans out of their cage now.
Now now Germans , what did you learn? Not to be a bastard , murderous , arrogant country ever again correct?
Chrisg586 2 years ago
Who do you think you are with your 20+ years ?
you have just been released of egg in nov 1989 .....so step back for a while.
CA1965 2 years ago
You don't have to be too young or too old to know you hold the title of the most barbaric nation earth.
Chrisg586 2 years ago
Really? What about nations today who are still being barbaric in some way? I could name a few but I won't because I wouldn't stoop to that level. Germany is anything but barbaric today - I think someone's getting his facts a bit wrong. BTW, I'm not German.
TigerWalrus26980 2 years ago 2
Chrisg
You're an asshole you know that?
The people of Germany are the nicest people in the world
Go to hell
aileenrocks92 2 years ago 2
Not only were you hardly born when this happened, your comment shows you've never left your own country. Pathetic.
" bastard , murderous , arrogant country"
suits the US very well
Meuk1982 2 years ago 6
What an ignorant comment.. of course you people always forget we were the ones that stood up for Europe, we were the ones that took charge. The problem with Europeans is they all think they are better then the rest of the world.
Fucking imbecile. Idle disposistions don't get shit done.
scled1007 2 years ago
OK Thats it next not Video related comments will be blocked and the user also.
CA1965 2 years ago
This is totally a feel-good video!
ThrilloVanHouten 2 years ago 5
east and west germany was separated due to economical interest and "communism" The Regan and pre Bush sr administration busted ass to make this happen,
Bushology 2 years ago
it was Reagan!
open this gate, tear down this wall...
ximobrotons 2 years ago
oh, the myth that Reagan made this happen! I'm sorry to break it to you, but this wass was on the verge of coming down with or without Reagan. Reagan DID NOT help to end the Cold War, it was Gorbachev's policies that caused the Soviet Union to crumble, and it was because he basically ignored East Germany that the wall came down.
dakrus 2 years ago
Reagan maybe didn't cause it directly, but he did influence it. He also challenged Gorbachev to "Tear down this wall". It was, though, mostly Gorbachev.
VaderNES 2 years ago
the german people didn't know about this , they did this themselves.
smartie34 2 years ago 2
What a great day and moment!
Nereofrariz21 2 years ago
Hail germany! Root Beer and chucruts for everyone!
Fnozoie 2 years ago 3
and bockwurst!
shocknorris 2 years ago
how did this all start and why? can someone please respond
akiliase 2 years ago
Post world war 2, the Russians had taken over part of Germany.
GaiasFinestGamers 2 years ago
Russia which was known as USSR built this wall because after WWII Germany was split into two part, East and West Germany. East was communist and West was non communist. So the wall was built to keep U.S. forces from delivering food and water out of West Germany because they did not turn non communist, thanks to The Allies of WWII. So trying to make the West fall to communist, the wall was built, because USSR thought it would make the west fall to communist. But it did not, it stayed free. :)
futureomega 2 years ago
Long story
futureomega 2 years ago
haha, a little thing the cold war !!!
SummerTheFuzzy 2 years ago
akiliase, search on YouTube for a video called "ABC News Berlin Wall Falls." It explains everything that led up to the end of the DDR. It's very good and you will like it!
TavernWenchBlog 2 years ago
this thing started because of the fact that after the end of the second world war (1945), Europe was divided between 2 superpowers - USA and USSR - and the Central-Eastern Europeans, and the Eastern part of Germany, came under soviet rule, which was an unimaginable disaster for the people in those countries (i'm one of them). They built this wall to stop migration from East Germany to the West, and in 1989, when the final fall of communism came, this wall was torn down, and communism is DEAD!
ArianeQube 2 years ago
It's a long story. The fall of the wall is not a thing that just happend. It all began with Mr. Michail Gorbatjov's policitics around 1985 with escalated in central Europe around 1988-1989. If you read or studdy the Cold War in Europe you'll understand why it happened.
MikeInc79 2 years ago 3
It was put up after Germany was divided into four zones after world war II - British, French, US and Soviet. Berlin was also divided into four zones as it was in the heart of the soviet zone. As West Berlin (british, french and us zones) and East Berlin (soviet zone) became more divided due to the difference between capitalism and communism, Khrushchev (leader of the Soviet union from 1956 onwards) decided to put up the Berlin wall in 1961 as a physical symbol of the "Iron Curtain".
antipathyx 2 years ago 2
"difference between capitalism and communism,"??? Look at China today!
Qopel 2 years ago
ossis nicht sehr gut
waivn4usaf 2 years ago
CA1965: OK
mejor25 2 years ago
¡Lo del campo de concentración no tiene nada que ver con esto!
mejor25 2 years ago
Übersetzung
Was Konzentrationslager nichts zu tun hat mit diesem!
CA1965 2 years ago
quien dijo que si tiene que ver?
riverlucasplate 2 years ago
¿Qué tiene que ver Auschwitz con esto?
mejor25 2 years ago
Übersetzung
Was hat Auschwitz zu tun?
CA1965 2 years ago
¡¿Qué mierda tiene que ver Auschwitz - Birkenau con esto?!
mejor25 2 years ago
Übersetzung
Was ist die Scheiße über Auschwitz - Birkenau mit diesem?
CA1965 2 years ago
Nice video, I like to you see, if you wont, the video that I realize in the honour of that history moment.
rpulidoz 2 years ago
Just make a perimeter and blow the thing up with explosives. The crowd will cheer even louder
ContactHarvest 2 years ago 2
this was filmed on the west side, right?
(stupid question)
turdreard 2 years ago